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icedrift··on Tiny electric motor can produce more than 1,000 horsepower
For EVs no but it's huge for flight if it could be scaled down. Paramotors and ultralight planes are on the verge of being competitive with gas they just need a bit more energy density per pound in the system.
icedrift··on Datastar: Lightweight hypermedia framework for building interactive web apps
Yeah and it used to be normal to get up and grab a drink between page transitions.
icedrift··on My Self-Hosting Setup
Could be important data like family photos and financial information in the system.
icedrift··on Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that learns new skills
Literally same. Just finished printing the leader arm and not I have another 20 hour print for the follower.
icedrift··on Chomsky on what ChatGPT is good for (2023)
From what I've read/watched of Chomsky he's holding out for something that truly cannot be distinguished from human no matter how hard you tried.
icedrift··on Gemma 3 QAT Models: Bringing AI to Consumer GPUs
Capable local models have been usable on Macs for a while now thanks to their unified memory.
icedrift··on Avoiding outrage fatigue while staying informed
Am I on the wrong page or were there only 4 articles on North America for all of January?
icedrift··on Servo's progress in 2024
It is tragic that the only robust solution for cross platform apps eats up so much memory and storage but we're getting to the point where it's not that big a deal.
icedrift··on Servo's progress in 2024
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the problem with tauri and wails that they are still dependent on the client's native OS webview? I know Tauri uses WRY which essentially takes in your request, finds the webview present in the client and calls a corresponding function. The differences between these webviews are vast and you end up with different UIs or cobbled together adjustments for each OS to split the differences. Fully embedding a browser is extremely storage inefficient but it does guarantee apps look identical regardless of platform.
icedrift··on How I built this website on a Raspberry Pi
I appreciated this as well. Going in I was expecting a long winded technical report detailing npm compatibility issues or bundle size optimizations but no, they're simply setting up an apache webserver and shipping HTML/CSS.
icedrift··on TikTok goes dark in the US
Exactly. It's in their best interest to offer the incumbent a free political win
icedrift··on Stimulation Clicker
Yeah the game was fairly slow but once bitcoin daytrading was unlocked the rest took a few minutes
icedrift··on I automated my job application process
Betting currency is a terrible solution, especially at the junior level when people are trying to start their careers. On the other hand, forcing candidates to invest time and in exchange guaranteeing their application will be reviewed could work well.
icedrift··on I automated my job application process
I don't understand why more companies don't leverage in person events. It's something my state does for government jobs and as an applicant, it's so much easier to chat up an agency rep about what they're looking for and schedule a formal interview.
icedrift··on I automated my job application process
I think their main complaint (or at least mine would be) is the laziness in many companies recruitment strategies. As an applicant in the software space I used to only apply to roles where I fit 70% or more of the qualifications but there is no difference in how often I get an interview compared to blindly applying to anything in the web space. I have 0 incentive to take the time to only apply to jobs I'm qualified for.

This is one of the few aspects of hiring I feel government employers handle better than private. My state hold monthly events where you can just show up and talk to a representatives and if you pass the vibes check you are virtually guaranteed a proper interview.

icedrift··on Google Brain founder says big tech is lying about AI danger
You can go back 30 years and read passages from textbooks about how dangerous an underspecified AI could be, but those were problems for the future. I'm sure there's some degree of x-risk promotion in the industry serving the purpose of hyping up businesses, but it's naive to act like this is a new or fictitious concern. We're just hearing more of it because capabilities are rapidly increasing.
icedrift··on WebGPU Fundamentals
From what I understand not at this time but potentially in the future with different algorithms. DL training requires long sequential computations that can't be done in parallel the way folding at home could.
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